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The Black Box: My Experience in Hong Kong's Prisons During the Pandemic Lockdown
Prisoners have been harmed more by pandemic lockdown measures than by Covid
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Samuel Bickett
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A year out of prison, a year longing for Hong Kong
On the anniversary of my expulsion from my adopted home, a reflection on activism, trauma, and the power of purpose
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Samuel Bickett
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June 12, 2019: What I witnessed on the Hong Kong protest movement's first violent day
Predictable spoiler: The police attacked first in what appeared to be a planned assault, then lied about it.
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Samuel Bickett
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2019年6月12日﹕在香港示威運動首個有暴力發生的日子，我所目擊到的事情
意料之中的劇情﹕在一個看來是有計劃的攻堅中，警方首先進行襲擊，然後卻大話連篇
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Samuel Bickett
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出獄一年，懷念香港的一年
在我被逐出我這個家園的周年紀念日，讓我反思社會運動、創傷和人生目標的力量
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Samuel Bickett
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The Hong Kong 47 Committed No Crime...So Why Are So Many of Them Pleading Guilty?
Endless pre-trial detention and unwinnable trials appear to have convinced many defendants to abandon their court battle
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Samuel Bickett
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How Kwok Wai-Kin rose from disgrace to become a powerful national security judge (Part 1)
The last chief justice banned the Stand News judge from overseeing political trials. But when a new chief justice took over, everything changed.
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Samuel Bickett
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郭偉健如何由一個貶黜的身份躍升成為一個有權力的國安法指定法官 (第一部分)
上一任終審法院首席法官禁止了這位法官審理政治案件，但當新任首席法官上任後，所有事情都改變了。這位法官現時審理《立場新聞》案。
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Samuel Bickett
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「47人」沒有犯法...那麼為何他們那麼多人決定認罪?
無止境的還押候審，以及沒有勝算的聆訊，似乎是令到很多被告決定放棄法庭抗辯的原因。
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Samuel Bickett
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My testimony today about Hong Kong to the US Congressional-Executive Committee on China
I spoke about how Beijing's corruption of Hong Kong's justice system has affected the courts, including in my own case. Watch or read my testimony here.
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Samuel Bickett
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Hong Kong’s new “Article 23” security law: Extending China's shroud of secrecy over Hong Kong
New state secrets and foreign interference offenses will adopt Mainland China’s approach to information control, while eliminating even more rights for…
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Samuel Bickett
The railroading of Jimmy Lai
The media mogul's national security show trial begins on Monday, but it is not his first. Here is a look back at how Hong Kong's judges have kept Lai…
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Samuel Bickett
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